scales

name

Etymology: Plural of scale.

1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Libra.

   “The scales should be uneven, the northern exalted, the southern depressed.”

   “The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales.”

noun

1. A device for measuring weight.

   “The butcher put the sausages on the scales.”

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scale